BRISBANE, Queensland, May 26 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Treasurer, Minister for Energy and Minister for Home Ownership The Honourable David Janetzki European market recognises Queensland is open for business * The Crisafulli Government returns Queensland to prominence as an attractive place to invest. * In an Australian-first, Queensland becomes the first State to issue a euro currency benchmark bond. * Significant interest shown in thelandmark deal. ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 26 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie A FRESH START FOR QUEENSLAND Communitygiven a voice on proposed wind farm * LNP delivers on its election commitment to listen to local communities on major renewable developments * Proposed Moonlight Range Wind Farm northwest ofRockhampton will not procee...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 26 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Minister for Police and Emergency Services The Honourable Dan Purdie Minister for Customer Services and Open Data and Minister for Small and Family Business The Honourable Steve Minnikin Major funding boost to deter crime against small and family businesses * New $40 million Secure Communities Partnership Program...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 26 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity The Honourable Deb Frecklington Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence The Honourable Amanda Camm Queensland's coercive control laws now in force * Criminal offence of coercive control begins today, 26 May 2025. * N...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 26 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Queensland man has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for indecent treatment of a child and accessing, transmitting and soliciting child abuse material. He was ordered to serve a minimum non-parole period of seven years and six months. The man, 55, was sentenced last week in the Rockhampton Supreme Court after he previously pleaded guilty to 14 child abuse-related offences. An investigation began i...
Belconnen, ACT, May 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police have seized more than 190 cannabis plants following a search of a house in Bonner this morning. Following an investigation into grow houses operating in the ACT, police executed a search warrant on the residence and seized more than 190 cannabis plants. Multiple pieces of hydroponic equipment estimated to be worth tens of thousands of dollars were also seized by police. A Vietnamese national believed to be invo...
Belconnen, ACT, May 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an assault in Petrie Plaza in the city on Saturday night. About 11:20pm on Saturday (24 May 2025), police responded to an incident in Petrie Plaza near the merry-go-round where a 44-year-old NSW man was allegedly assaulted by a group of young people. The group then left the area however a short time later two 16-year-old boys were apprehended by police in relation to the incident. ...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sydney man is expected to appear in Parramatta Local Court today (25 May, 2025) charged with allegedly possessing child abuse material and committing obscene exposure in a public place. AFP officers at Sydney Airport received a report from airport staff yesterday (24 May, 2025) of a man, 48, allegedly committing an indecent act in a public area of the Sydney International Airport. It is alleged several me...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Images of six long-term missing Australian children are available via Hightail Megan loved the freedom of ice skating. Ronya was always singing along to pop songs. Cherie's favourite activity was horse riding. Leela found joy in dancing. Eve spent her afternoons shooting hoops on the basketball court. And Darren was just a baby. They never met. They came from different places, families and liv...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 25 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Primary Industries The Honourable Tony Perrett Historic investment into Queensland Shark Control Program * The Crisafulli Government has delivered the largest investment into shark management in the program's history. * The program includes increased servicing of shark control equipment to 365 days a year, weather permitting. * More investment into whale-deterrent technology and shar...